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The Latest Launches From Zurich, Berkley
Zurich has launched a service to help businesses assess and improve their DEI. Berkley has formed a new business to provide excess liability insurance for contractors throughout the construction ...
Commercial Auto Among Lines With Flattening Rates: USI 2022 Forecast
Although it wasn't the headline of a commercial insurance broker's market pricing report last week, the report's observation that "commercial auto liability coverage rates are starting to flatten" is ...
Executives on the Move at Arch Re, Guidewire, AXA XL
Arch Reinsurance Company announced several changes to its leadership team that were effective Jan. 1, 2022: Peder Moeller was promoted to chief executive officer. He has nearly 14 years of tenure ...
Deadly Soot Levels Unchecked as Big Oil, EPA Spar Over Regs
A deadly form of soot pollution from U.S. refineries has gone unregulated for decades because of a dispute between the U.S. oil industry and federal environmental officials over how to measure it, ...
Trial for Florida Condo Collapse Set for March 2023
A major lawsuit in the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building that killed 98 people will go to trial in March 2023, a judge said Wednesday. That's about six months later than ...
M&A Deals: Acrisure, Everspan, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Canopius
Acrisure has acquired Appalachian Underwriters. Ambac Financial Group subsidiary Everspan Group has completed the acquisition of three admitted insurance carriers. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has ...
Executives on the Move at Canopius, BHSI, Brit
Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, has appointed Neil Robertson as group chief executive officer. Part of his focus will be on developing the company's Asia-Pacific, ...
Flurry of Briefs Filed Supporting, Opposing OSHA COVID-19 ETS in U.S. Supreme Court
With the January 7, 2022, oral argument over the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Vaccine or Test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) in the U.S. Supreme Court fast-approaching, ...